.TH HLINT "1" "July 2009" "HLint (C) Neil Mitchell 2006-2009" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
HLint \- haskell source code suggestions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B hlint
[\fIfiles/directories\fR] [\fIoptions\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIHLint\fR is a tool for suggesting possible improvements to Haskell code. These suggestions include ideas such as using alternative functions, simplifying code and spotting redundancies.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-?\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help message
.TP
\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version information
.TP
\fB\-r[file]\fR \fB\-\-report\fR[=\fIfile\fR]
Generate a report in HTML
.TP
\fB\-h\fR \fIfile\fR \fB\-\-hint\fR=\fIfile\fR
Hint/ignore file to use
.TP
\fB\-c\fR \fB\-\-color\fR, \fB\-\-colour\fR
Color the output (requires ANSI terminal)
.TP
\fB\-i\fR \fImessage\fR \fB\-\-ignore\fR=\fImessage\fR
Ignore a particular hint
.TP
\fB\-s\fR \fB\-\-show\fR
Show all ignored ideas
.TP
\fB\-t\fR \fB\-\-test\fR
Run in test mode
.SH EXAMPLE
"To check all Haskell files in 'src' and generate a report type:"
.IP
hlint src \fB\-\-report\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B HLint
is available in \fI/usr/share/doc/hlint/hlint.html\fI.
.SH AUTHOR
This   manual   page   was  written  by  Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>
for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
